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Indian actor (1935–2020)

SoumitraChatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; Bengali:[ˈʃou̯mitːɾoˈt͡ʃɔʈːopadʱːae̯]^ⓘ; 19 January 1935 – 15 November 2020)^[2] was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet.

He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is best known for his collaborations with director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films.

Starting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of The Apu Trilogy, as adult Apu, he went on to work in several films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Charulata (1964), Kapurush (1965), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969), Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), Sonar Kella (The Fortress of Gold, 1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980), Ghare Bai